On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 09:19:55AM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote:
> On Sep 12, 2007, at 8:10 AM, R. G. Newbury wrote:
> > If the loser pays, the people will not bring frivoulous lawsuits.
>> Right, I understand that that's the goal. My fear is that it would
> also discourage people from bringing non-frivolous ones against
> powerful corporations, for fear they'd be hit with a whopping legal
> bill -- not just from their own attorney, but from the dozens of
> attorneys on the corporation's staff -- should they happen to lose.
Do 'loser pays' jurisdictions actually allow a corporate loser to
recover the salaries of the inhouse staff attorneys it assigns to the
case? (Ass opposed to out-house counsel?)
Cheers,
-- jra
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